Module Details
Module Code: |
CULT C1701 |
Module Title:
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Visual and Material Culture
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Title:
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Visual and Material Culture
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Module Level:: |
6 |
Module Coordinator: |
Janette Davies
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Module Author:: |
Brian Garvey
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Module Description: |
This module seeks to introduce essential concepts and research practices related to the study of visual and material culture. It aims to focus upon questions related to culture and ideology, issues of subjectivity and identity formation and the nature of representation in our highly visual environment. An emphasis is placed on the individual development of each student as a self -directed learner where assessment is seen as a means of developing a sense of self reflectivity based on course content.
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Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
LO1 |
Demonstrate a good understanding of critical questions and challenges that apply to the fields of visual and material culture by being able to analyse a visual/mass media text. |
LO2 |
Be able to identify and use a variety of research skills options including online research and visual research methodologies such as semiotics. |
LO3 |
Be able to present an appropriately researched topic correctly referenced, supported by quotations and bibliography. |
Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
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No recommendations listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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No Co-requisite modules listed |
Additional Requisite Information
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No Co Requisites listed
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Indicative Content |
Visual & Material Culture
The subject contents of this programme serve as an introduction to the study of visual and material culture through a detailed overview of a broad selection of visual research methodologies and connected theories. The student will be directed towards identifying theories of Ideology, representation and cultural consumption, as well as research paradigms such as Semiotics , Iconology and Formalism. The programme aims to strengthen the student’s critical awareness while informing and supporting individual concerns in their studio practice.
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Module Content & Assessment
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Assessment Breakdown | % |
Continuous Assessment | 100.00% |
AssessmentsFull Time
No End of Module Formal Examination |
Reassessment Requirement |
Exam Board
It is at the discretion of the Examination Board as to what the qualifying criteria are.
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Reassessment Description Marks for all essays and presentations are collected at the end of each semester. If a student fails to complete an essay, re-assessment can take place if the student obtains the agreement of the tutor to submit completed work at the end of the semester. If a student fails to make a presentation then a written assignment should be set instead.
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SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
Workload: Full Time |
Workload Type |
Workload Category |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
Lecture |
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Contact |
Contact Hours |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
Independent Learning |
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Non Contact |
No Description |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Tim Dant. (1999), Material Culture in the Social World, Buckingham, Philadelphia, Open University Press..
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Stuart Hall (ed). (2013), Representation, Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, 2. SAGE Publications Ltd;, [ISBN: 978-18492056].
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Sunil Manghani. (2013), Image Studies: Theory and Practice, 1. Routledge, USA, [ISBN: 978-041557340].
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Marita Sturken,Lisa Cartwright. (2017), Practices of Looking, 3. Oxford University Press, USA, p.490, [ISBN: 9780190265717].
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John Berger. (1990), Ways of Seeing, Reprint edition. Penguin Books; Reprint edition, UK, [ISBN: 978-014013515].
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Marie Gillespie & Jason Toynbee (Ed.). (2006), Analysing Media Texts, 1. Open University Press., USA, [ISBN: 978-033521886].
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Nicholas Mirzoeff (Ed.). (2012), The Visual Culture Reader, 3. Routledge, [ISBN: 978-041578262].
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Ellen Lupton,Gail Davidson. (2015), How Posters Work, Cooper Hewitt, p.221, [ISBN: 9780910503822].
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David Crow. (2010), Visible Signs (Second Edition), AVA Publishing, p.192, [ISBN: 9782940411429].
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Alexis L. Boylan. (2020), Visual Culture, MIT Press, USA, [ISBN: 9780262539364].
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Michael Holly , Marquard Smith.. (2009), Visualizing Dublin: Visual Culture, Modernity and the Representation of Urban Space, Yale University Press, USA, [ISBN: 978-030013413].
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Gillian Rose,. (2016), Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials, 4. SAGE Publications Ltd, USA, [ISBN: 978-147394890].
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Linda King,Elaine Sisson. (2011), Ireland, Design and Visual Culture, [ISBN: 1859184723].
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Simon During (Ed). (2007), The cultural studies reader, 3rd ed. London :Routledge.
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Chris Barker. (2003), Cultural studies : theory and practice, London: SAGE Publications..
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Ashley la Grange. (2015), Basic Critical Theory for Photographers, 1. Focal Press, UK, [ISBN: 978-024051652].
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Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. (2006), Reading Images: the grammar of visual design., 2. 4,5,6, Routledge, USA, [ISBN: 978-041531915].
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Other Resources |
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www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philo
sophy/works/.
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Marxist Internet Archieve-Selected Texts,
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Voice of the Shuttle; Research data base,
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E-flux-online journal,
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Library of Congress,
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Art and Culture-Critical Research
Resource,
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Culture and Politics: Resources for
Critical Analysis,
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Black Cultural Studies,
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RMIT- 'Reading Skills',
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RMIT-'Writing Skills',
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RMIT-'Critical Thinking/Critical
Reading',
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